Historical Context and Framework 2 Egypt in Italy:Reconsidering, Recontextualizing 5 Images of Egypt 14
1 Egyptian Objects, Roman Contexts:Appropriation
and Aesthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Riches of Egypt:Trade, Production, and the Egyptian Aesthetic 19 Egyptian Imports in Italy 28 Egyptian Monuments, Made in Italy 41 Style and Substance:Egyptian Eclecticism 53 Egypt in the Empire 63
2 Aegyptus Redacta :Augustus Obelisks and the
Spoils of Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Augustus Egyptian Obelisks 68 Celebrating Conquest:Victory Monuments and the Spoils of Egypt 71 Kingly Monuments in the Roman City:The Tomb of Cestius and the Egyptian Aesthetic 82 Educating Roman Eyes:Augustus Obelisks, Described in Rome 90 Augustus Obelisks in Rome:Circus Maximus and Campus Martius 97
3 The Sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii:Dedication and
Devotion, Myth and Ritual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Decoration and Function of the Sanctuary of Isis 106 Cult and Community:The Isiaci 112 Display and Redisplay, Dedication and Devotion 117 Text and Context:Io and Isis in the Ekklesiasterion 125
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Appendix 3.1.Marble Inscriptions from the Sanctuary of Isis 138
Appendix 3.2.Dipinti Near the Sanctuary of Isis 139 Appendix 3.3.Multiples and Adaptations:Io Panel Paintings 140 Appendix 3.4.Graffiti Quoting or Adapting Ovid from Pompeii 141
4 Images of Egypt:Land at the Limit of Belief . . . . . . . . . . 142
Nilotica:The Land and People of Egypt in Roman Art 144 Egypt in the Empire:The Vatican Nile and Louvre Tiber 155 Between Neighboring Ombi and Tentura:The Geography of Egypt in Juvenal 15 167 Appendix 4.1.Argument of Juvenal, Satire xv 181
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